AMD Radeon Instinct MI250 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking8not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money14.17no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)CDNA 2.0 (2021)
GPU code nameAmpere GA102Aldebaran
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years old)8 November 2021 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 no data
Current price$1251 (0.6x MSRP)$12340
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1075213312
Core clock speed1560 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1860 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million58,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)450 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate625.01,414

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length336 mm267 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XHBM2e
Maximum RAM amount24 GB128 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed21000 MHz3.2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth1,008 GB/s3,277 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.6N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 27 January 2022 8 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 450 Watt 500 Watt

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
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